As a deity name
Name 85 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 789 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
योगनिद्रा · noun · feminine
जागने और सोने के बीच की स्थिति (को॰) · युग के अत में होनेवाली विष्णु की निद्रा जो, दुर्गा मानी जाती है · प्रलय और उत्पत्ति के बीच व्रह्मा की चिरनिद्रा — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘meditation-sleep’, a state of half med˚ half sleep (which admits of the full exercise of the mental powers; it is peculiar to devotees), light sleep, (esp.) the sleep of Viṣṇu at…
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Dictionary citations
yoga—nidrā f. ‘meditation-sleep’, a state of half med˚ half sleep (which admits of the full exercise of the mental powers; it is peculiar to devotees), light sleep, (esp.) the sleep of Viṣṇu at the end of a Yuga, V˚'s Sleep personified as a goddess and said to be a form of Durgā, MBh.; Ragh. &c.
(accord. to others) the great sleep of Brahmā during the period between the annihilation and reproduction of the universe, MW.
yoganidrā f. (-drā) 1 The sleep of VIṢṆU during the deluge. 2 A goddess, a form of DURGĀ or VIṢṆU'S sleep personified. E. yoga mystery, and nidrā sleep.
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